Fitness

Youth violence, dropping out of high school, homelessness. These are the real-life struggles that kids growing up in some Chicago neighborhoods face every day. And they aren’t going away any time soon without your help. How can you make a difference? Join us on March 8th at the Spin to Break the Cycle event.

Protein Bar is about to celebrate our entry into the Chicago neighborhoods! Our new Lincoln Park location at 1953 N Clybourn will officially open its doors on Saturday, February 15th. We’re excited to reward the first 100 people through the door with a $500 gift card!! Check out our two pre-opening events and our grand opening!

Woody’s Winter Warm-Up is a great way to kick off 2014 and celebrate Cubs Convention Weekend. Once again we will have local celebrities and media personalities guest bartending and competing for tips to help raise money for the Wood Family Foundation. Stop by and try our special tequila cocktail Harry Caray’s is serving up at all locations called “Woody’s Smokin Pitch” that will give proceeds back to the foundation. In addition, we will have a silent auction with a lot of sports memorabilia and unique experiences.

Hey Chicago ladies! This Billy Dec’s intern Lauren Hurt again, here to let you know about another great fashion event coming your way! Cece & Melinda with Raymi Productions will be hosting this fun day at The Drake Hotel on Sunday, July 28th at 11:00 AM. This afternoon will be a fabulous excuse to get out of the heat and into this luxurious locale for a day of shopping and spa services. The event will bring together dozens of designers and boutiques from all over Chicago to give you a shopping experience like no other. You and all your friends will be able to browse through carefully handpicked collections of jewelry, makeup, handbags, skincare, and aromatherapy from wonderful Chicagoland boutiques.

When is the last time your Wiffled? As in...played wiffle ball? Join Kerry Wood and his celebrity friends for a weekend of wiffle ball and fun to celebrate and support The Wood Family Foundation.

It’s summer beach bod season and Alex Vasileski of A Mind Body and Total Fitness is hosting his second workout from his fun, weekly summer workout series at Ohio Street Beach this Saturday, June 29 from 9:30-10:15 a.m.

I’m thrilled to share an event with you that I’m really looking forward to, which will help a number of youth nonprofit organizations in the Chicago area. Theo Epstein (Chicago Cubs President of Baseball Operations) and his brother Paul Epstein’s “The Foundation to Be Named Later” is bringing Hot Stove Cool Music back to Chicago this Friday at Metro Chicago, and we hope you can join us for this unforgettable event! A limited number of tickets are still available by visiting www.metrochicago.com or by clicking here.

Hey Chicago! This is Lauren from Sugar & Spice lifestyle blog here to fill you in on the biggest tech news in the Midwest, which is coming to you in the form of “Techweek Chicago”, presented by Motorola. This annual event, which is also held in New York and Los Angeles, makes it’s way to the Chicago’s Merchandise Mart June 27th-June 29th for a jam-packed schedule of exciting speakers, exhibits, demos, and some can’t miss parties! If you are a lover of all things tech, then you will not want to miss this exclusive experience that will allow you to mingle with and learn from tons of movers and shakers in the industry. These three awesome days will feature the latest and greatest tech trends, cool start ups that are gaining momentum, and endless networking possibilities.

34-year-old Kristin McQueen may be recovering from brain surgery, but cancer treatments on the last thing on her mind - She has reached the finals in the Ironman Foundation’s “Kona Inspired - Anything Is Possible” contest.

What better way to spend Father’s Day weekend than experiencing the fun of boating? If you missed the Progressive Insurance Chicago In-Water Boat Show last year, don’t miss out this year! Chicago’s premier boating event returns to the new, state-of-the-art marina 31st Street Harbor, June 13-16, with hundreds of the newest boats and marine accessories for sale, on-water activities, education and daily entertainment.